Author

Kari Howard

@karihow

I'm the woman who left a dream job as Column One editor at the Los Angeles Times because I wanted to move to Maine. Go figure how happiness works. Former editor of Nieman Storyboard. I love music almost as much as (and sometimes more than) beautiful storytelling, so expect to see that here too.

The election of Donald Trump and the death of Leonard Cohen: an intersection

The election of Donald Trump and the death of Leonard Cohen: an intersection

This week I thought I’d depart a little from the regular format, because this wasn’t a normal week. We went to the polls, we elected a billionaire reality-TV star to…
November 11, 2016
Learning about writing from Fred Astaire and Beyoncé, and a "Passport" to dread

Learning about writing from Fred Astaire and Beyoncé, and a “Passport” to dread

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
November 4, 2016
Author Caroline Paul: "Adventures are simply stories in action"

Author Caroline Paul: “Adventures are simply stories in action”

When the writer Caroline Paul was young, she wanted to be an Olympic athlete. Problem was, she says, she wasn’t amazingly gifted. So she picked a sport that didn’t have…
November 1, 2016
From the Storyboard vaults: Some "ghost" stories for Halloween

From the Storyboard vaults: Some “ghost” stories for Halloween

In honor of Halloween, here are a few “ghost” stories that got the Storyboard treatment in years past. All treats, no tricks.Enjoy!https://niemanstoryboard.org/stories/whys-this-so-good-no-33-michael-paterniti-long-fall-of-111-heavy-thomas-curwen/https://niemanstoryboard.org/stories/high-country-news-michelle-nijhuis-on-living-with-an-uneasy-ghost/https://niemanstoryboard.org/stories/steve-luxenberg-interview-on-annies-ghosts-a-journey-into-a-family-secret/…
October 31, 2016
Finger poppin' with Horace Silver and saying goodbye to Columbus with Philip Roth

Finger poppin’ with Horace Silver and saying goodbye to Columbus with Philip Roth

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
October 28, 2016
"Wild" author Cheryl Strayed: "bad memoirs are narcissistic; good memoirs are about all of us"

“Wild” author Cheryl Strayed: “bad memoirs are narcissistic; good memoirs are about all of us”

Cheryl Strayed has pretty much won the writers’ lottery: Her memoir “Wild” was a boffo bestseller, picked for Oprah’s book club and translated into dozens of languages. It then  became…
October 25, 2016
Robert Johnson and Dorothy Parker: now *that* would be a dinner party

Robert Johnson and Dorothy Parker: now *that* would be a dinner party

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
October 21, 2016
On covering Black Lives Matter, and the white working class

On covering Black Lives Matter, and the white working class

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
October 14, 2016
5(ish) Questions: Charlotte Magazine and the shooting of Keith Scott

5(ish) Questions: Charlotte Magazine and the shooting of Keith Scott

Last week on Storyboard, I chatted with Brian Kevin of Down East magazine about a wonderful story that ran in the Maine-based publication last year. He talked about the constant…
October 12, 2016
Discovering Eve Babitz from the opposite coast, and the aural and visual joy of Teenage Fanclub

Discovering Eve Babitz from the opposite coast, and the aural and visual joy of Teenage Fanclub

Just in time for the weekend, here’s a little list of some of the things I’ve been listening to and reading this week, some of it online — Storyboard included,…
October 7, 2016